Performed at the Button Studio
“Rebellion is the most natural form of self-defense”
Don’t miss this poem from Darius Simpson, performing at the Button Studio
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Performed at The Town Hall in New York, NY
“Existing black cannot be described as a box. There are no limits to what we can do. There are no limits to who we can become.”
Don’t miss this poem from Cameron Dada, performing at The Town Hall in New York, NY
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“We are blurry silhouettes against the backdrop of everything popular, often wearing our skin like a costume of someone we didn’t feel comfortable pretending to be anyways.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing
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Performed at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
“We are a lineage of lost childhoods and stolen innocence, how we never talk about it even though we know it exists.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ayanna Albertson, performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“Survival is not a fortress, it is a garden.”
Don’t miss this poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed his poem “The Whitest Thing”
“You are sure there are good parts about having white skin, too, even if you can’t see them yet. No one asks you where you came from or how you got here.”
Don’t miss this poem from Adam Falkner, performing his poem “The Whitest Thing”
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“Don’t we all need a little editing? Aren’t we all waiting to be read by someone, praying they will tell us that we make sense?”
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Performed in Longmont, CO
“Understanding why we’re bad at love doesn’t necessarily make us good at it.”
Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO
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Performed
“What do you call it when you cremate your father’s body? I can’t talk about it, it’s un-buriable.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing
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Performed their poem “Home II”
“Poverty isn’t always ripped clothes and dirty cheeks. It is friend’s house for dinner this time. It is no seconds for a while. It is my mom letting me pick any kind of ramen I wanted it and making me think it was a reward.”
Don’t miss this poem from Diamond Mason, performing their poem “Home II”
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